American people spend on average $177 dollars every year on weight loss products. Overweight people spend a considerable amount more than that, some noting that they spend $1000’s every year on new diets!
You’ve seen the ads that promise: Lose 10 pounds in in one week! Take off inches in week! Easy, fast, permanent weight loss! All you have to do is drink this shake or skip the carbs or take a pill.
Forget it, experts say. Quick-fix fad diets are unlikely to work, and even if they do, you’ll probably put the pounds back on before bikini season.
Many people try fad diets at New Year’s, said Jamy Ard, and many nutritionist say that changing your eating habits and eating a well balanced meal is what will make the difference.
“People are always excited about the new year and see it as the opportunity to turn over a new leaf,” . You can do a lot of different things to help you lose the weight, but only a few things to help you keep it off.
Many people have tried multiple fad diets and have failed. Because many of those diets that promise a quick fix aren’t based on science and may even be harmful, especially if the dieter has an underlying condition like heart disease or diabetes.
In a recent case in which a 34-year-old British woman died after weeks on a 530-calorie-a-day diet. Although officials didn’t determine the exact cause of her death, they said the diet could have been a factor.
In general, doctors and nutritionists recommend against diets that require fewer than 800 calories a day.
They’re hard to stick to, and those who manage to do it can throw their body chemistry out of whack or lose lean muscle mass.
Yet many of the most popular diets require just that kind of restriction. Take, for example, the lemonade diet made popular by the singer Beyonce, who said she used it to slim down for a movie role. Also called the Master Cleanse, it requires users to ingest a concoction of lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper — and nothing else — for days or even weeks.
“You’re just going to gain that weight back,” said Ard. “In the meantime, you’re dehydrating yourself and starving yourself.”
Other popular diet plans is the grapefruit diet that could be harmful to your health. Â This fad diet claims that the juice of the grapefruit enhances the fat burning process. There is just no scientific evidence that this is true.
According to the American Dietetic Association, food fads are marked by the unreasonable belief that eating — or avoiding — certain foods, supplements or combinations can offer quick weight loss.
“The bottom line is simple: If a diet or product sounds too good to be true, it probably is,”.
Instead, a diet that works will include a long-term attitude adjustment and some kind of exercise. You need a  program that focuses on showing people how to have a healthy relationship with food and make good choices whether they’re cooking or eating out. You need to change the behavior, it is not about something short term. If you don’t change your lifestyle you will just gain the weight back.
